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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Oct 24, 2011 13:34:38 GMT -5
Noctis watched Izaya with suspicion, ever since he'd had that encounter with the stranger he had been a lot more wary of people he didn't know but something seemed off about Izaya's demeanour. However, his attention was soon torn from the strange boy when someone ran into him and he turned to see who had done so. It appeared to be a young girl but Izaya came over to assist her so he made no move to help. The last thing he wanted right now were more visions.
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Post by Kiara on Oct 24, 2011 14:29:24 GMT -5
Kiara beams and takes back the fifty, "Thank you... BOTH OF YOU!" She then ducks around the man she had ran into and pads around the conversation going on. Although she doesn't go far, she wants to hear what's going on and her ears bounce a little as she hops from foot to foot listening. She pretends to be looking something over as she does.
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Post by Demyx on Oct 24, 2011 18:21:07 GMT -5
There seemed to be a small crowd gathering. That was a good thing, right? The more people here, the less likely I was to be abducted by one of these loonies.
But... I could sense it in all four of them. There was something strange going on, for sure, and everyone seemed to be in on it except for me. Suddenly I was getting annoyed. I was not going to be left out of this.
"Will somebody please tell me what's going on?" I asked, my voice louder and more confident than before. "Who are you people?!"
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Post by Izaya Orihara on Oct 24, 2011 18:35:36 GMT -5
He smirked.
"I myself am Izaya Orihara, simply a humble information broker who lives and works in this city," he said, taking a flourishing bow, before straightening and sweeping an arm to indicate the rest of the room. His voice dropped.
"These fine folks, however, I would peg to be members of the Network, the largest and most secret society that exists in this country." He thought a moment. "Those two, anyway; I'm not sure about our little kitten over here." He waved a hand to indicate Kiara.
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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Oct 24, 2011 19:51:22 GMT -5
As the girl ran off he turned his attention back to the others just as the youngest demanded to know what was going on and who they were. He opened his mouth to speak but closed it as the suspicious individual decided to introduce himself and reveal the musclebound man and himself as members of the Network before talking about what the Network actually was. Needless to say, he wasn't entirely comfortable with that as he didn't like giving out more about himself than was strictly necessary. First names were one thing, but he could be easily tracked down if the wrong people knew he was connected to a society. Oh well, there was nothing to be done for it now. He sighed quietly before speaking. "My name is Noctis. Any more than that, you do not need to know."
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Post by Kiara on Oct 25, 2011 5:35:03 GMT -5
Under my dress my tail moves and I notice that the guy whom helped me up points me out so I giggle loudly and call out, "I'm Kiara~ And I'm a shape shifter!" Or at least that's what I figure I am. So I skip over and stand next to the guy whom helped me. "Hi, hi~." My ears twitch up as I smile up to the other blond.
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Post by alcatraz on Oct 25, 2011 5:46:17 GMT -5
"And I'm Alcatraz..." he said warily, also being careful not to reveal too much. Now that he had confirmation of Noctis' allegiance he felt a lot safer than when he had first shown up. He knew how loose The Network was, how little it's members knew of the majority of Otherborn that made up it's ranks, so it made sense for neither of them to really know about the other. He looked over his shoulder once more at the boy he was protecting "And what of you boy?" he asked "What's your name?"
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Post by Demyx on Oct 25, 2011 11:25:44 GMT -5
The Network? A secret society? Score. This was exactly the type of info I needed to collect. As they rattled off their names, I made sure I remembered them.
The quiet one was Noctis. First impression: stuck-up. I 'didn't need to know,' eh? Well. We'll see about that. He looked strong, though. He'd be good to have on my side in a fight.
The tall one spoke next. "I'm Alcatraz." He seemed friendly, but that didn't change the fact that his height and strength scared me. "What's your name?"
In any other situation, I would have declared my name and association proudly; now, I simply replied with "Demyx. It's... a pleasure." It didn't feel right, letting them know I was from the CIA. A story for another time.
The little girl introduced herself next. "I'm Kiara~" she said, playfully. The next part came as a bit of a shock: "I'm a shapeshifter." She smiled up at me; I couldn't return the favor, instead giving her a look of surprise.
"Sh-shapeshifter?" My eyes widened. Yeah, I was definitely in with the right crowd. "You're all... otherborns, aren't you?" I asked, keeping my voice down. My eyes darted to each of them in turn.
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Post by Izaya Orihara on Oct 25, 2011 11:34:17 GMT -5
He raised an eyebrow. Wonderful; obviously, he senses were right. The poor kid, though... he obviously didn't know up from down, in this city! Such an easy, easy target for bad, bad men....
Men like himself, of course~!
"Of course!" he exclaimed, cutting off any possible indications to the contrary (at least about him). "What do you expect from the fine members of Network?" He grinned. "Not myself, of course. I'm more of a free bird, you understand, and I don't like being tied down by anything so boring as a leader."
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Post by alcatraz on Oct 25, 2011 13:39:03 GMT -5
"Free Bird?" Alcatraz said with a snort "From the looks of things you're more like a free bat or something along those line..." he looked down at Izaya before turning to his side, still standing close enough to keep an eye on both Izaya and Demyx. "But yeah..." he said looking across at Demyx "He is telling the truth, I'm Otherborn, I know for a fact that he is too" he said pointing over at Noctis.
"As for these two?" he motioned to Kiara and Izaya "I don't know, there's more than just Otherborn around here, that's for sure. But then again, that's why I'm edgy about them both, in fact. I'm not even sure why I've completely started trusting you..."
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Post by Noctis Lucis Caelum on Oct 25, 2011 14:55:08 GMT -5
Noctis continued to watch the exchange, setting down the basket of groceries before comfortably leaning against the wall behind him and listening to what was being said and chuckling quietly at Alcatraz's words comparing Izaya to a free bat as opposed to a bird. Having never met Alcatraz he wasn't sure what to make of the man but he seemed friendly enough, the fact that he was an ally as well went a long way towards helping Noctis trust him. As Alcatraz mentioned that he knew Noctis was an Otherborn he nodded to confirm the man's assessment, there didn't seem much point in hiding it.
When Alcatraz voiced aloud his wonder at why he trusted the newcomer, Noctis decided it was probably time to speak up. After all, they knew nothing about this boy aside from his name. "You probably shouldn't. Apparently there's been an agency looking into one of the others. Something about a Project." He told the musclebound man. Normally Noctis was not privy to this type of information, but he remembered what he had seen in Aya's memories. Specifically her conversation about the CIA and something called 'Project Vakarian'.
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Post by Kiara on Oct 25, 2011 15:03:03 GMT -5
Jumping when the guy off to the side- Noctis was it?- begins to talk. I listen and then ask, "Is that bad?" I have no idea what the CIA is and honestly I don't even know if I should be talking with these people, hmmm? All wells.
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Post by alcatraz on Oct 25, 2011 15:24:05 GMT -5
"CIA huh...?" he muttered looking across at Noctis and then at Demyx. Alcatraz always kept in mind that technically he was an escaped convict, a title that he usually kept to himself, but if this guy was CIA, chances were he would have known of the Nano suit project, if he were a higher up guy he'd know the details. Considering he was in Urbadelphia, Alcatraz doubted that highly.
"And a project too? My, my I've had my fair share of those in the past" he crossed his arms as he stared from Noctis to Demyx, the situation had soon turned sour for the blonde haired boy, and if he was CIA, then he wasn't going to get on any better with Alcatraz.
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Post by Demyx on Oct 25, 2011 15:59:49 GMT -5
My initial glee at finding some Otherborn to investigate was quickly replaced by fear; the faces of Noctis and Alcatraz were wrought with displeasure. I wouldn't have minded, except that displeasure was directed at me.
Dammit, how in the world did Noctis know there were supposed to be agents around here? Just because I was new in town did not mean that I was an agent!
I mean, I totally was, but I certainly wasn't about to tell them that! Time to put my lying skills to use!
"C-CIA?" I retorted, "I'm not CIA. And I'm certainly not part of any Project Valkyrie." There. Get the name wrong, that'll throw them off guard! But that last part, at least, was the honest truth; the name sounded familiar, but I had no idea what it was. I'd have to ask about that one later.
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Post by alcatraz on Oct 25, 2011 16:49:20 GMT -5
"Funny..." Alcatraz said with a shake of his head, directed towards Demyx "I don't actually remember Noctis saying the name of this Project..." he stretched his neck out and looked from his fellow Otherborn to the man who he know pretty solidly knew was CIA.
"But whilst we're on the topic of 'Projects' you ever hear of one called the 'Nano suit Project'?" He'd started to unfasten his trench coat "You couldn't not have if you're CIA, crippled soldier, put in a nano suit to keep him alive? Escaped a few months later? It was all over the grapevine..."
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